Bridle for brushes.



H. P. MMiLLAR BRIDLE FOR BRUSHES. APPLICATION FILED AUG I Patented June 8, 1909.

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' HUGH P. MCMILLAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM A. TOTTLE, TRAD- ENG AS WILLIAM A. TOTTLE dz (0, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BRIDLE FOR BRUSHES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 190%.

Application filed August 17, 1308. Serial No. 448,787.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that l, HUGH MOM'ILLAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Bridles for Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in brush bridles for paint or similar brushes and the obect of the invention is to provide a bridle aving novel features of construction whereby the same may be readily attached to the brush and be capable of adjustment, both in horizontal and vertical planes so that the same me. be made to fit brushes that vary materia ly in size and shape.

The invention is illustrated in the acco1npanying drawing, wherein, f

Fi urel is a side elevation of a flat brush to which the adjustable bridle is attached. Fig. 2, is an edge elevation of the same. Fig. 3, is a horizontal cross-section through'the flat brush,the section being taken on the line 3-3 of Fi 1, and Fig. his an elevation.

of a cylindrical brush to which the bridle is attached.

Referring to the drawing'the numeral, 1,

designatesthc bristles; 2, the handle and, 3,

- the ferrule which embraces the upper ends of I iorations, 6, at its upper end and a series of:

the bristles and the lower end ol the handle wlrcrebyto join the two together. The articular construction of these elements, w ich compose the brush, is entirely immaterial in so far as the present invention is concerned.

In the )rcsent instance the brush is providcd witi per side of the ferrule but this is also immnterial as it is a well-known fact that many .brushes are constructed so that the lower end of the handlcllares and is thereby made to come flush with the ferrule.

In constructing my improved bridle l preferably form the same from sheet-metal and 1 cm loy vertical sustaininp bars, 5, each of whici is provided with a plurality of poroutwardly-projecting loops, 7, between the perforations and the lower end. These loops have osition in a vertical line, one above the ot er and therefore in dill'erent horizon tal planes. The loops are formed by first reducing parallel vertical spaced-apart slits 1n the sustaining bars and then pressingout wardly the metal of bar between said i a shoulder or lodge, 4, at the upslits. In order to reinforce the bars 1 prefierably provide short vertical corrugations, 8, in each bar which extend longitudinally of said bars and between the loops in the sev eral horizontal planes.

The sustaining bars, 5, are rigidly secured by their perforated ends above the ferrule so that they will extend down at the side and close against the ierrule,'the' series of perforations enabling the bars tobe attached at any suitable point and thus be adjusted vertically to suit the brush to which they are attached. By means of this construction the horizontal position of the loops, 7 may be varied with respect to the lower edge oi'the ferrule.

In the brush shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,

four sustaining bars are provided and the upper ends of the bars are bent laterally, at. 9, so as to seat on top of the shoulder or ledge,

l, of the brush and held in place thereon by means at nails, 10/ The bend, 9, together with the fact that the bars lie close againstthe ferrule insures that the bars will be rigid and held against lateral or swinging movement.

be sustained by the loops of bars, 5, so as to extend in a horizontal plane about the bristles. In the present instance two bands, 11, and, 12, are sustained by the bars,the band, 11, having position in a horizontal plane just beneath the lower edge of the fer- A plurality of metal bands or straps are to rule and passing'through the uppermost loop 3 then finally passed through the loop of the bar where its end is hooked so as to overlap said end and hold the same, in place. It is obvious that as the band is merely sup orted by the respective loops andis not attac ed to them, it may readily be drawn by its free end, 14, so as to tighten it'about the bristles and thus eiicct a horizontal adjustment. When, drawn sullicicntly tight about the bristles the free end, 14, may be bent backward over the loop through which it last i avmg gmooth I nth a. plumh 0O heal 0.52 311%, 5 7 ,3

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In testimony whereof I m presence of two witnesses.

HUGH P. MoMILL-AN.

Wifinesses: CHARLES E. MANN, Jr.,

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